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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Brooks Koepka’s coronation in this PGA Championship nearly got blown off the golf course. It didn’t because his main competition, Dustin Johnson, had just as much trouble keeping his ball in play down the stretch. Johnson was within one stroke of his close friend after a birdie...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Draymond Green had 20 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 110-99, on Saturday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Green had his seventh career postseason triple-double, and Stephen Curry scored 36 points for...

CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Larson got a push to the front from Kevin Harvick in the final stage, then held off the defending champion to win the NASCAR All-Star Race on Saturday night. Larson wasn’t part of the elite field when the day began, racing his way in by winning...

BALTIMORE — Unencumbered by a jockey and suddenly free to run wherever he darn pleased, Bodexpress decided to take a shot at winning the Preakness. Taking one of the most memorable trips in the 149-year history of Pimlico Race Course, Bodexpress followed the leaders without a rider on board and...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — There’s a pretty good competition going on in the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black, only it’s not for the Wanamaker Trophy, the nearly $2 million first-place prize and a major tournament title. As defending champion Brooks Koepka opened a seven-stroke lead heading into Sunday’s final round, the...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Brooks Koepka is turning a public golf course into his private playground in the PGA Championship. Staked to a seven-shot lead, Koepka never let anyone get closer than five shots Saturday as he powered his way to an ideal start and overcame a few sloppy mistakes for...

BALTIMORE — War of Will bounced back from a bumpy ride in the Kentucky Derby to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, holding off a field that included a riderless horse that threw his jockey out of the gate and still finished the race. Trainer Mark Casse got his first...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An attorney preparing a lawsuit against Ohio State on behalf of more than 50 former athletes who claim they were sexually abused by a team physician told the Associated Press on Saturday that most of those clients were football players from the school’s storied program, including some...

1910 — Cy Young, the career leader in major league victories, wins No. 500 as the Cleveland Indians defeat Washington 5-4 in 11 innings. 1923 — Zev, a 19-1 long shot ridden by Earl Sande, wins the Kentucky Derby by 1½ lengths over Martingale. 1973 — Secretariat, ridden by Ron...

MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 17 rebounds. Ersan Ilyasova came off the bench to add 17 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed on the way to beating the Toronto Raptors, 125-103, on Friday night and taking a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. Antetokounmpo scored...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — What felt like a battle for Brooks Koepka looked like a runaway Friday in the PGA Championship. Koepka backed up his record-tying 63 with a round that put him in a league of his own. With three birdies in a four-hole stretch at the start and at...

All of the Kentucky Derby entrants who finished in the top three, officially or not, are skipping the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico. That set the stage for Improbable — who finished fifth in the Derby but was promoted to fourth after the historic disqualification of Maximum Security —...

INDIANAPOLIS — Bobby Rahal remembers watching the start of the Indianapolis 500 from a suite with his sponsors after he failed to make the 1993 field. He was bitter to miss “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” but understood the sanctity of only the fastest 33 racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway....

BALTIMORE — Hall of Fame trainers D. Wayne Lukas and Bob Baffert sit side by side in the corner of the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course sizing up the Preakness. “A lot of speed in there,” Baffert said. Lukas responded without missing a beat, “My horse is fast.” “There’s...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry scored 37 points, and the Golden State Warriors rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit before holding off the Portland Trail Blazers for a 114-111 win Thursday night and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. CJ McCollum missed a driving jumper with 32 seconds...

Former WWE superstar Ashley Massaro died Thursday. She was 39. According to TMZ Sports, Massaro was transported from her home in Suffolk County, N.Y. to a nearby hospital where she died Thursday morning. The death has been classified as “non-criminal,” but officials did not reveal the cause of death, TMZ...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The PGA Championship began poorly for Tiger Woods. Although he got masterful in the middle of the round, things then fell apart down the stretch. Not making any of it more palatable, Woods was paired with defending champion Brooks Koepka, who shot a 63 Thursday on a...

BALTIMORE — War of Will grinded out the Kentucky Derby in the slop, avoided clipping heels with Maximum Security and came out of the race looking as if he won. The morning after a frustrating race in the mud that left him eighth at the finish line, the charismatic bay...

The New Orleans Pelicans faithful were ecstatic Tuesday night after learning they had the rights to the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, or to reveal the elephant in the room, Zion Williamson. The question is: Does Zion want to play in New Orleans? If body language is...

MILWAUKEE — Brook Lopez scored 13 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 24 and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied in the final minutes to beat the Toronto Raptors, 108-100, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday night. Lopez had a dunk with 2...

NEW ORLEANS — In the NBA city most familiar with “gris-gris,” folks see no small measure of poetic justice in the fact their team will dictate the fate of a coveted prospect named Zion. Mystical explanations aside, the Pelicans are in the driver’s seat now but say they’re in no...

BALTIMORE — In a field without the top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby, the odds Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert wouldn’t have the favorite in the Preakness are, well, Improbable. Baffert will seek a record-setting eighth Preakness victory Saturday with 5-2 morning line favorite Improbable, who will start...

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — For the past month, the golf world has been riding the high of seeing Tiger Woods win the Masters. What has been forgotten is Woods’ unexpected victory pretty much was courtesy of British Open champion Francesco Molinari. Forgotten already? Molinari had a two-shot lead with seven holes...